By Anna Stolley Persky
O
n February 14, 2018, a former
student at Marjory Stoneman
Douglas High School in
Parkland, Florida, walked into
the school armed with an AR-15 and
opened fire. Fourteen students and
three staff members were killed in
six minutes.
Enraged, grief-stricken, and
determined, the survivors appeared
on television to speak out against gun
violence, sparking a wave of studentled protests and walkouts throughout
the country. For many students, the
protests against gun violence were
eye-opening.
Background photo: Crowd of
thousands at the March for Our
Lives in Washington, D.C., Visions
of America/UIG via Getty Images.
Foreground: Student protestors
and activists (from left) Tanaquil
Eltsov of Thomas Jefferson
Middle School in Arlington,
Virginia, by Patrice Gilbert
Photography; Cameron Kasky,
Jaclyn Corin, Emma González,
and David Hogg of Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High School
in Parkland, Florida, Taimy
Alvarez/Sun Sentinel/TNS via
Getty Images; and Ishmaiah
Moore of Hazelwood West High
School, in Hazelwood, Missouri,
by Paul Nordmann.